Steering Gear Box Problems of Mitsubishi Galant

I purchased a '99 mits Galant for my daughter for her 16th b'day in November of 2004. She continually complained of steering wheel vibration which I did feel on the couple of occasions I drove the vehicle. In late 2005 she went to make a left hand turn and the vehicle would not steer left. She subsequently hit a retaining wall. I did not turn it into my insurance since it was purely cosmetic. She was driving the vehicle very little. She saved her money until last month when she had the front end repaired. Within weeks of getting the vehicle back she again went to make a left turn off of our street and the vehicle would not steer left again. She hit a trailer and pushed it into a fence. Unfortunately, this time she was injured and had to be transported to the hospital by ambulance. Due to this 2nd occurrence I decided to check for recalls that deal with the steering on these vehicles. I found recall #00v225001 dated 8/10/2000 that describes her problems perfectly. I don't understand why I was not made aware that I needed to have this checked when I purchased the vehicle. I think the manufacturer should take care of the current repairs on the vehicle or replace it.

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There was recall o1v225001 a few months back regarding steering gear locking up. Consumer had problem resolved. Currently, same problem was occurring in same vehicle. Contacted dealer. *akconsumer was involoved in an accident where the steering wheel locked up and consumer crashed into a pole. Since then consumer was in motion when the wheel locked again causing consumer to crash into a gaurd rail.

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While at a drive through consumer was trying to turn right but vehicle was going left and hit pole. Consumer felt this was related to recall 00v225. 001 concerning steering gear assembly.